The Selfish Gene

Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins

Summary

An interesting read from a celebrity in the scientific community who discusses the gene-centred view of evolution. Fun fact, this was the first time the word ‘meme’ was used!

Rating: 3/5

Notes

Group selection theory that sometimes the selfish ones are more likely to survive

Evolution happens when we don’t want to change (mistakes are essential to evolving)

In order for a gene to survive, it has to be selfish

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Make Something Wonderful   
Steve Jobs         

Summary

The life of Steve Jobs in his own words

Rating: 5/5

Notes

Make something wonderful and put it out there

‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’

When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)

Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.

You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times

Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times

We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true

Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see

Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions

Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.

The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow

To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results

The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle

Hire people better than you are

You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life

It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future

Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you

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The Selfish Gene

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Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins

Summary

An interesting read from a celebrity in the scientific community who discusses the gene-centred view of evolution. Fun fact, this was the first time the word ‘meme’ was used!

Rating: 3/5

Notes

Group selection theory that sometimes the selfish ones are more likely to survive

Evolution happens when we don’t want to change (mistakes are essential to evolving)

In order for a gene to survive, it has to be selfish

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Free E-book download here